Sabita, a daily-wage worker who identified herself by a single name, waits for work on a street with her basket and spade at Pallabi in Dhaka. She was hoping that she will get something to do as the coronavirus lockdown has left a vast number of people jobless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Shafiqul Islam, a mason, waits for work at Pallabi in Dhaka as the coronavirus lockdown has left a vast number of people jobless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Day labourer Abed Ali waits for work sitting on a street with his basket and spade at Pallabi in Dhaka but he returns home daily without any job as the coronavirus lockdown has left a vast number of people jobless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Beauty Akhter, an assistant of a mason who is now jobless due to the ongoing lockdown over coronavirus, says she is frightened about the days ahead as there is no rice left at her house and no work.

Peyara Begum, who works as an assistant of a mason, waits for work in Dhaka’s Pallabi as the coronavirus lockdown has left a vast number of people like her jobless. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove